Locker



Jan. 13, 1931.

LOCKER Filed June 13, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ulul ll-lllllillll'llll I l J K. REED Jan. 13, 1931;

LOCKER Filed June 13, 1928 2 Shasta-Shoot 2 H NVENTOR Patented Jan. 13, "1931- UNITED", STATES JAMES E. REED, E INGRAM, rENnsYLvaivm LOCKER E iieationmea 1111.15.13, 1923. Serial nolaaame;

While my invention is more particularly intended for metal lockers, it is applicable with advantage to lockers of wood or other material.

t One of the characteristic features of my Another of the characteristic features of my invention is the improved garment-hook arrangement which enables'me to secure the garment-hooks ,1n place and against turning with but one bolt or other fastening means.

Other novallfeatures of construction, and also of arrangement of parts will appear from-the following description. c p

In the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated a practical embodiment of the principles of my invention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a metal locker to which my invention is applied.

36 section showing the housing; the actuating bar; the pull and the latch mechanism.

. Fig. 3 is a detail of the inner side of the of the door partially in elevation and par-- tially in section along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4; is a horizontal section taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

, Fig. 5 is a broken vertical section ofthe upper portion of the locker. I v

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken in a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detail in horizontal section showing one of the hinges whlch connect the door to the door frame, the door being 1 shown open.

Fig. 8 is a similar viewvwith the door closed. I

Fig 9 is a broken perspective view of a portion of the doorway showing one of the cushion stops which limit the inward movement of the door.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in vertical the horizontally disposed plate Sand its ably of sheet metal.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail in horizontal section showing the door closed andboltedL-r I Fig. 11-is a similar view of the door showingthe bolt retracted. F ig. 1 2 is a broken inside elevation. of a port on of the door. with thelhousingand the bolt omittedtoshow the actuating bar.

Fig. 13 is a side elevation oftheg pull on enlarged scale with the door in vertical section'to show the attachment of the pullto thedoor.

Fig-His a view similar toiFig. 2 but show ng a modified 'formjof latch mecha; nism. i

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the side Walls of the locker; 2 therear wall 3 theftop, and 4: ahorizontal shelf whose edges are formed with dow'nturned flanges 5, bolts 6 extending through the locker wall 1 and 'said flanges to fix the shelf'in' position.

The; sides of the doorway are formed by the vertically disposed angle-irons 7 Whose rearwardly extending, flanges are secured as 7 by boltingsagainstthe exterior"surfaceof 7 the sidewalls 1 and Whose other or front Y flanges form the vertical walls'of the door- -The top ofithe doorway may be defined bottom: by the plate 9, the same being atrespectively, p

1O represents-the doorwhich prefer- I At the vertical edges of the door the metal is first doubledover rea-rwardly and hattened-against the body of the door as at 11 andthen bent to form the vertical housing 12 disposed against the rear face of the door and preferably of substantially the crosssectional shape shown. The material is then again flattened against the inside surface of the door as'at13. r "p At' the top and the bottom of the door the material'is first bent inwardly and horizontally as at 14 and then flanged vertically as at 15, theends of the flanges 15 fitting against the housings 12 and being'attached thereto as at .16. The portions 14 and 15 do not extend past the housings toward the substantially U-shaped cross section, as indivertical edges of the door.

This door-construction, in addition to the purposes hereinafter appearing, provides a strong, stiff door which will not warp or be easily distorted from its proper shape.

To mount the door on the locker I employ the type ofhiiige illustrated in the drawings.

Thusl'f represents a flat 'le'afwelded or otherwise secured to the inner face-of the front flange of the adj cent angle-iron 7- with the pintle sleeves disposed towards the angle of the angle iron 7. T f 18 represents the other leaf of the hinge pivotally connected to the leaii 17*by the pintle 19. V p

The leaf 18 has a fiat portion 18a which I when'the' door is closed is substantially parallel with the rearwardly extending flange ofthe angle-iron and wli'en the door is open fits flat against. the leaf 17, thus acting'to a is attached'thereto as by bolts 19. I Two or more hinges are provided as may be found necessary. I

Within the other housing 12 is slidably mounted the vertically'disposed bolt-actuating bar 20. -The bar is arranged to auto-- matically drop, preferably by gravity.

-21 represents one ofa plurality of bolts 7 madeof flat bars and-mountedin openings and open at their lower endsuto the other side of the barto enable the bolts and the:

tion of the slots24 will retract the bolts and 22in the side walls of'the housing 12 so as to be slidable in horizontal planes, v .1 g Each of the bolts 21 is provided witha pin 23 which engages a slot 24 in the bar 20.

The upper portions of said slots are inclined upwardly toward the adjacent edge of the door and their lower portions are vertical bar to be assembled in the housing,"

7 It is evident that when the bar-'20sis al lowed to drop, as by gravity, the pins 23 will be engaged by the upper inclined portions of the slots 24, thus extending the bolts outwardly past the edge of the door, as shown in Fi 3.

Al s' owhen the bar 2.0v is raised, the inclinatheir pins23 will engage the, vertical portions of the slots. 9

When the door is closed and thebolts are extended the latter engage behind the front flang t e adj cent. angle-iron? fihus oqhwe the 19 shu 2 epr ents th 'pu l wh ch is c r tive to the door. The pull is preferably pressed out of metal and-has an arcuate or cated in Fig. 4. v p

The intermediate portion thereof is vertical to be conveniently grasped by the hand while at its upper and lower extremities the pull is bent toward the horizontal to be attached to the door. g

The upper end of the :pull is provided with twin upwardly turned hooks 26, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13, which engage twin slots'in the door. flhe lower end of the pull is provided with a pair of split ears 27 which ex- .Liten'd through twin slots in the door and are then spread as shown in Figs. 12 and 13.

a 28 represents a trigger of U-shaped crossseetion which is pivotally attached at its upperend at "29 in the hol low of the pull 25 and whose free'lower end straddles and rides on the upwardly extendingleg-of the angular operating lever 30 which is pivoted at" its angle, as at 3 l,"between the walls of the pull 25 and whose lower leg extends inwardly through a vertically elongated hole 32 in the door and engages a socket hole 33 inthe bar 20. l' he tongue of material cut from the bar toform the socket hole 33 or a portion'thereof, is bent outwardly at the top of the hole, as at 34, to provide a better bearing for the end of the operating 7 lever.

hen the outer leg of the operating lever 30. is depressedthebar 20 is raised and the bolts 21 are retracted and when the outer end ofthe operating lever is relieved of downwardly exerted pressure, the bar 20 is free to drop, extending the bolts. j

Tl1llS when the pull is grasped and the fingers closed over the trigger 28, the lower end of the trigger 28 is swung into the hollow of the pull 25 and the operating lever is operated to raise the bar 20 and retract the bolts 21 to unlock the door. When the hand'is removed from the trigger, the parts assume their positions shown in Figs. 2and 3 and the bolts are automatically extended by the drop of the bar 20' by gravity.

35 represents a rubber bumper block mounted in a depression in the hollow of the pull- 25 to cushion the drop of the latch when the .bar' descends. s

The trigger 28 and the operating lever 30 are provided with notches 36 and 37 which, when the bar 20 is dropped come'into such relation as to form a hole through which the shackle 38 of a padlock 39, indicated res in dotted lines in Fig. 2, may be inserted,

the shackle thus holding the trigger and op.- erating lever against relative movement and thereby locking the bar 20 in its lowered position.

In Fig. 14 I show a modified latch structurewherein the trigger as a separate element is omitted and the upwardly extendin leg 30a of the operating lever 30 is employed as a trigger, the same extending for- Fig. 14 the latch 30 and the wardly from .within the arc of the pull when the bar20 is dropped and being retracted into the bar by the hand when the bar is to be raised. This form is'simpler than that previously described but requires a somewhat longer throw.

In the modified structure illustrated in pull 25 may be provided with holes, as at40, which register when the bar 20 is in its lowered position, the shackle of a padlock being then inserted through said holes to lock the bar 20 against elevation. 7

One of the bolts 21 is provided with means for holding the whole locking mechanism in the unlocked position against accidental release which would permit the dropping of the bar 20 and cause the extensionvof the bolts.

Thus the bolt may be provided with a vertical notch 41 cut in its outer face and so positioned relative to the length of the bolt as to register with the wall of the outer opening 22 in the housing 12 when the bolt is retracted. The bolt is resiliently pressed outwardlythat is away from the door, by the slightly bowed leaf spring 42 which is mounted on the outer face of'the bar 20 by I having its inturned extremity engaging the notches 43cut in the bar.

Thus the spring-pressed engagement of the notch 41 with the edge of the opening 22 of the housing 12 hold the retracted bolt against accidental extension,- and the open door may be slammed or pushed shut without necessitating the operation of the trigger or operating lever to retract the bolts to permit the door to close. 7

When the door attains its shut position, the bolts are automatically released from their retracted position so that the bar immediately falls and extends the bolts into their locking position. 1

I provide means for limiting the movement of the door as it attains its shut position and also cushioning the closing of the door. I also employ these means for releasing the bolts from their retracted position when the door is closed. 7

Thus 44 represents a metal bracket having vertically spaced apart plate-portions 44a by means of which the bracket is secured as by bolts to the inner face of the front flange of the adjacent angle-iron 7.

44b representsa pair of vertically spaced apart pockets integral with the plates 44a and protruding into the door opening. The pockets are connected together at their rear by the web 440. p

In the pockets 44?) are pinched the rub-v ber bumper blocks 45 against which the door strikes as it reaches its closed position.

The closing movement of the door is thus limited and cushioned.

As the door. closes the bolts 21 impinge against the webs 440 of the brackets 44, thus releasingthe notch 41 from its engagement 7 withgthe wall ofgthe opening 22: and thus permittingithe bar- 20 to drop 1 and extend The brackets 44am arranged that the boltsiof thejclosed I door engage theangleiron; 7 .between the-two bumper blocks of each brfacket; Y

andmethod for mounting the garment hooks in;.., the locker, employing for" their attach ment: in place the bolts which are also used for securing. elements of the lockeritogether and;also holding the hooksfixedlyin place.

anchagainst iturning-v with. but the-one :attaching bolt. 'Thus'llzhave shownthehooksa46 having their uppjerlendsin the form offa flat? plate 46a from which the hook portion depends and the plate is provided with a bolt hole through iwhich extends the. bolt .6 which is employed. to secure together two elements of the locker, suchasthe shelf 4. and-the side wall 1, the shelf 4 being providecl with a downturned 'fiange. 5 which fits flatagainst the sidewall, and the bolt 6 extending;

through-,2registering lholes in the side wall andtheffianga, I

, The belt 6 extends inst through hole in the hook plate:46a and the nut lSfSCI'GWBd I snugly upv against thejplatei.

.iThehook isprevented from turning on therbolt by" theciontac t of one of theqs'l'tr'aight V edges of the plate 1.4% with one of the elesi mentsofithe ,locker,"-such as withthe under surface :of the and.6.*'

I amthus attach the hookswithoutthekuse of special or additional bolts and also prevent the hooks, attached in. place by a single bolt, from turning.

.bThe structure of my improved inexpensive'byet durable and rigidl They present a neat appearance; take up a mini-- mum of space for a given capacity 'andare convenient and Reasyjito open and .close,f the door being closed. and bolted merely by swinging. .;it shut, and being unbolted and opened by simply clasping the pull and drawing outwardly thereon, the pressure of the fingers operating the latch.

l/Vhat I desire to claim is 1. In combination with a locker doorway and a door hinged thereto to swing on a vertical axis, of a vertically disposed bar slida-bly mounted on the inner side of said door, locking means arranged to be extended by the downward movement of said bar into engagement with the doorway and to be retracted by the upward movement of said bar, an operating lever pivotally mounted to shelf 4, as shown "in Figs. 5

4 r 1 means:

swing on a horizontal axis, one end of said I lever extendin through anapei'tfire-ifisaid door and being flexibly attached to said-bar", and aide/pending tri ger pivotally mounted 5 at its upper end at the frent-of, the door and having 1 itslower endbearing on the eater end ofsaid operating lever whereby the man- Eal movement of said trigger elevates the" im 2, In combination witha locker doorway anda door hin-ged thereto to- :swin ona vertical axis, of va vertically disposed-bar 'slidably mounted onsthe inner side 0t said door, locking. means arranged to be" extend ed by the cl'o-wr .'v\ 7a1"cl movement of said bar into engagement with the doorway and to 1 be retracted by the; upwardi'movement of said bar, anopera-ti ng. lever pivotal'ly mount ed to swing on a horizont-aI-axis, oneend of am said operating lever extending throlrgh an apertu'reinvthe door and'b'eing flexibly at-' taehe'd' to the bargand a depending trigger pivotally mounteda'tits upper end at the front of said doorand at its lower endhaw 1 ing. a straddle-bearing on the outer end of said operating lever whereby when the" trig ger isforced outwardly relative to said door saidbar is raised.

3.-.In combination with :a locker.- doorwayv w ea and-a door hinged thereto 'to swm'g on a ver} tical axis, of a vertically disposed' bar slid ably mounted on the inner side of said door; X I

lockingi means arranged to be extended by the-"downward movement of said bar into= 38 engagement with the doorway-and to be retraoted by the upward movement ofsaidbar, a pull fixed-tothe outside of said door and having its intermediate portion 7 spaced therefrom, anhoperating lever mounted-to a 'swin'g on a horizontal axis'-,: the inner endof said operating lever extending through an aperture in said door and being flexibly attached tt olthebar and 9; depending trigg er pivqta'lly attached at itsupper end to 45 said pull and havingits lower end bearing on said operating lever whereby when said trigger is swung towardsaid pull the outer endof said operating'lever' is depressed and: the bar is-raised.-

56 Signedat Carnegie, Pa this llth dav of June, 1928.

a J AMES K. REED. 

